Bastard's Wound

Bastard's Wound is a location in Bastard's Wound. In a broader sense, it refers to the entire region, an isolated mountain in the Bastard Tier.

Background
The central settlement of the Bastard's Wound is less a town than a ramshackle collection of tents, Beastmen nests, and reclaimed Oldwalls chambers. The refugees have erected sturdy stone bridges over the large chamber's many waterways, and faint light makes its way down from the fractured Oldwalls above.

The Wound gets enough sunlight to cultivate crops on the upper levels - cabbage, gnashroot, radishes. Mushrooms, even. The biggest challenge here is drinking water, despite appearances. Something in the Oldwalls environment leeches into the water and corrupts it, producing a most curious disease in the afflicted. There's no fever or chills, bleeding, vomiting or what have you, but you will waste away over time, as if one were starving.

Points of interest

 * This is a rather sprawling, converted section of the Oldwalls, against Kyros' laws. The two people in front will flee as soon as they see you and Mell will approach following them. Talking to him completes Hidden Truths and starts The Ones Who Got Away.
 * Wagstaff plies his trade to the southeast, while Jaspos and his Forge-Bound are to the northwest. The Beastmen are to the northeast, with merchants focused in the center of the area.
 * Teleporters connect to various areas of the Wound and require keystones for activation. The central one is always active and goes to the Bastard Wound farm, the southernmost (by the entrance) connects to a segment of Fractured Depths and Darkened Hollow.

Characters
Note that merchants aligned to Wagstaff and Jaspos will not sell items to you if you did not pick their leader to lead the Wound in Fatebinder's Judgement. This also means that if you picked Reef-Talon, be prepared to see a number of merchants close their shops to you.
 * Leaders
 * Mell, the Sage steward of the Wound
 * Wagstaff/Jaspos, two competing leaders (a Tidecaster and a Forgebound)
 * Other
 * Telesophia, a Disfavored captive.
 * Insipid Moniker, Wagstaff's apprentice.
 * Argaen, Tonves, Eisly, members of Jaspos' coterie.
 * Gloom-of-Dawn, member of the beast tribes
 * Merchants
 * Elegy (ironwork)
 * Pelagia (Oldwalls salvage)
 * Anaxios (general supplies)
 * Neread (general supplies)

Loot

 * Recipe: Colossus Extract: Sold by Pelagia.
 * Cerulean Scales: Sold by Elegy.
 * Imperator's Oldwalls Regalia: Sold by Anaxios